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Wally Szczerbiak
Drafted by Minnesota Timberwolves in Round 1, pick 6
Position: Small Forward/Power Forward
College: Miami (OH)
Conference: Mid American
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 244
Age: 22
Birthdate: 3/5/77
High School: Cold Spring Harbor, NY

CAREER STATISTICS
SEASON G FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AVG AST BLK STL PTS AVG
1995-96 22 66 127 .520 22 28 .786 72 3.3 23 11 6 176 8.0
1996-97 30 150 316 .475 28 39 .718 162 5.4 63 12 22 384 12.8
1997-98 21 185 350 .529 79 98 .806 160 7.6 52 24 18 512 24.4
1998-99 32 270 517 .522 172 207 .831 272 8.5 93 32 39 775 24.2
Totals 105 671 1310 .512 301 372 .809 666 6.3 231 79 85 1847 17.6
SEASON 3PT MADE 3PT ATTEMPTS 3PT PCT
1995-96 22 47 .468
1996-97 56 121 .463
1997-98 63 128 .492
1998-99 63 177 .356
CAREER 204 473 .431

HIGHLIGHTS
CAREER
• 2nd on the all time scoring list, 2nd in in fgs made, 3rd in fgs attempted, 4th in fg %, 1st in 3 pt fg %, 4th in ft %
• Ron Harper is the school leader with 2,377 points
• His father, Walt, played collegiately at George Washington, later played in the ABA for the Pittsburgh
• His father still holds the Spanish league single game scoring record with 65 points
• Wally was born in Madrid, Spain
• Member of gold medal winning USA Team in last summer’s Goodwill Games in New York
1998-99 (Senior)
• Finished third in the voting for the Wooden Award
• Associated Press Second Team All-America
• Named the MAC Player of the Year
• Led the conference in scoring, 2nd in rebounding, 4th in fg %, 3rd in ft %
• Ranked third nationally in scoring
• Set school single season record with 775 points
• Scored career high 43 points in Miami’s opening round NCAA Tournament win over Washignton, 59-58
• Was recently added to the 1999 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team , to play in Puerto Rico
1997-98 (Junior)
• Named first team All-MAC
• Set school single season record for 3 pt fg % with .492 (63-128)
• Missed eight games with a broken right wrist
• Scored season high 41 points vs Dayton
1996-97 (Sophomore)
• Received the team’s Most Improved Player Award
• Second on the team in scoring, 3rd in rebounding
• Ranked 4th in the MAC in 3 pt fg %
1995-96 (Freshman)
• Named to the MAC All-Freshman team
• Second in the conference in 3 pt fg %

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